Samsung’s trying to bring a little more life to its devices—arguably, too much. Elsewhere, a trusted source tells Apple just where it went wrong, and we have a new challenger in the Steve Jobs movie arena. The remainders for Monday, March 18, 2013 got what they got the hard way.

The Journal’s got a nice profile of developer Loren Brichter, the man behind Tweetie (now the official Twitter app) and Letterpress. They say “high priest,” but I prefer to think of him more as “the godfather.” Trust me, you don’t want to wake up next to a disembodied app icon.

Speaking over the weekend at Engadget Expand, Samsung America design chief Dennis Miloseski said that the company’s aim is to think about “how do you create a soul for a device.” Great, as if I didn’t feel guilty enough when I turn my phone off.

Dan has been writing about all things Apple since 2006, when he first started contributing to the MacUser blog. He's also a prolific podcaster and the author of both the upcoming sci-fi novel The Bayern Agenda, as well as The Caledonian Gambit.